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Category Archives: Furry Feet (and fish)
Simple Sunday – Summer Pie Day and a Tetanus Shot
Yesterday we celebrated Summer Pie Day. Stemming from National Pie Day, in January, we determined that a Pie Day celebration that occurs in the summer was needed due to the distinct lack of fresh berries in the winter months. We … Continue reading
Posted in Food Glorious Food, Furry Feet (and fish), Simple Sunday
Tagged cooking with kids, Dogs, Family, Food, Friends, Kids, Life, Pets, Pie, Pie Day, Tetanus shot
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Family Growth
We have two new additions to our family – one perhaps more exciting than the other but both mention worthy. First I would like you to meet Invincible Dave. Dave is a metal desk of the metal furniture company, Invincible. … Continue reading
Posted in Furry Feet (and fish), Random Thoughts
Tagged Black Labs, Dogs, Family, Invincible Desk, Rescue Animals
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And a Splash of Moonshine
cody (8 years old): If I were to describe Haley I would say that she is as black as night with just a splash of moonshine. Haley is our rescue dog. She is a black lab mixed with what we … Continue reading
Posted in Furry Feet (and fish), Little Feet
Tagged Children, Dogs, Hooch, Kids, Life, Moonshine, Parenthood, Pets, poetry
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What’s in a Name?
As I may have mentioned, there are a lot of stray cats that have taken up residency in our apartment complex. Their lives are fairly cozy in this gated community where all dogs are leashed and the cars putter around … Continue reading
Posted in Furry Feet (and fish)
Tagged animals, cats, Children, Family, Kids, Life, Names, Parenthood, Pets
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Delilah
Last night we said our final good-byes to our sweet Delilah cat. Cancer. Many years ago, she lived next door to us as an outdoor cat. Shortly after her family moved in next to us, she started the process of … Continue reading
Apparently it is Just That Much Funnier When it Surprises the Dog
Sunday night and it was that time right after dinner and right before the boys needed to start getting ready for bed. I was perusing through the stack of school papers that had been dumped on the table on Friday … Continue reading
Posted in Furry Feet (and fish), Little Feet
Tagged Children, Dogs, Family, Farts, Homework, Humor, Kids, Life, Parenthood, Pets, Practice Thanksgiving
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The Death of a Fish and the Rifting of Pangaea
Finn, our beloved Beta fish passed away sometime during the night last night. I noticed this morning right before we were going to sit down for breakfast, as both our fish, Finn and Blub, lived in separate habitats on the … Continue reading
Posted in Furry Feet (and fish)
Tagged Children, Death of a pet, Dinosaurs, Earth, Family, Fish, Kids, Life, Pangaea, Reading, Science
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Our Furry Family Members and the Memories They Give Us
As I mentioned, our family got a little big bigger (Ha! When I typed the word “bigger” it came out of my fingers as “better” and I would have to say that works well too) with the addition of our … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging/Writing, Furry Feet (and fish)
Tagged Childhood memories, Dogs, Family, Pets, Rescue Animals, The News Tribune, Writing
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Rescue Me!
She was found many months ago in Northern California, young and pregnant. And homeless. She wandered onto a dairy farm, looking for help, looking for safety. They did not want her, but to their credit they took her to a … Continue reading
Posted in Furry Feet (and fish)
Tagged Dogs, Family, Forever Home, Pet adoption, Pets, Rescues and Shelters
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Simple Sunday – Catnip, a Gateway Drug?
Earlier this week I splurged and bought the cats an all natural catnip filled hemp mouse. Delilah chewed on it, batted it around, and then went and took a nap. Bleu, however, just would not stop. I hope I have … Continue reading
